Radiation Disaster Preparedness and Management of Exposure & Contamination

ANHE Nurse and Member, Jessica Castner is the Chair-elect of the ATS Section on Terrorism and Inhalational Disasters (TID). We are hosting a webinar on December 1 at 2pm EDT entitled Radiation Disaster Preparedness and Management of Exposure & Contamination. This webinar is open regardless of ATS membership status, we’d love for you to join us!  We look forward to seeing you on December 1!

We invite you to share this information with your colleagues and to post on your social media channels.  This webinar may be particularly interesting for members who:

•       Participate in clinical emergency response activities
•       Care for critically ill patients or participate in triage
•       Guide hospital management plans
•       Communicate with public health organizations 
•       Interact with pharmacies in securing novel drugs
•       Study circulatory system collapse and inciting triggers

Register here:

The Section on Terrorism and Inhalation Disasters welcomes two expert speakers from the CDC National Center for Environmental Health. This webinar will review types of radiation emergencies, such as nuclear emergencies and dirty bombs, including exposure sources and health concerns. Participants will describe differences in radiation exposure vs. contamination and key concepts in decontamination, public health and medical management. There will be opportunities to interact with other participants and to ask questions of the speakers.

Speakers:

• Arthur Chang MD MS, Chief Medical Officer, Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice, CDC National Center for Environmental Health
• Armin Ansari, PhD, CHP, Health Physicist, Radiation Studies Branch, CDC National Center for Environmental Health

Moderated by:

• Stella E. Hines, MD, MSPH, Associate Professor, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine